Hey hey!! That's right people, the album is now up in the iTunes store! You can search for "Michalangela" or "Portland Rain" and you should be able to purchase and download. Happy iTunes to you.

I had a strange day yesterday. Not the kind of strange where I dealt with a really weird customer, but rather, the juxtaposition of two major events was strange and somehow appropriate. I was on my lunch break at work and I was going to go pick up some Thai food. I checked my cell phone and noticed that my mom had called me. I listened to the message and my mom told me that a friend of mine since childhood had passed away. For those of you who knew him, this was Larry Hays. I went to school with Larry from Kindergarten all the way till our Senior year in high school. I went to a small private school and our class size was small, around 25 give or take. I wasn't best buds with Larry but it was really shocking to hear of someone that you had known for that long and spent that much time with in proximity had passed. From what I know, he died in the hospital waiting for a lung transplant. He had Cystic Fibrosis and always had a grim prognosis since he was little. I was hearing this and called my mom to find out what she knew. I talked with her and then I had to leave to go pick up my lunch, I was going to call her back. I got my lunch and got in the car, turned on the radio to the jazz radio station, and I heard my song "A Fine Spring Morning." This was the first time I had ever heard myself on the radio. I had dreamed of this moment ever since I was very young, and I was expecting all the glory, the ego boost, the thoughts of fame and glory. Instead, I was completely and utterly humbled by what had just occurred. I did not deserve any of this. I am so blessed and I don't think that I am thankful enough. I am so glad that I didn't have that moment of ego satisfaction. Someone like Larry had a hard and short life, and I never heard him complain about what he had to go through with his health. I often complain about what I don't have, I don't have enough gigs, I wish I had a better job, I wish I didn't have to have a day job. Fact is, I have a job! I am living out my dream here and I don't stop to praise God for that. I wish I had the maturity when I was in school with Larry to fully understand what this means, but hindsight is 20/20. Those of you who know Larry, I believe the memorial service is tomorrow at the Methodist Church in Moscow. I would go if I could, but I can't. I believe there is some sort of fund set up in memory of Larry to benefit Cystic Fibrosis research. I am sure that information is available at the service.

and not because I was singing while the food critics were eating.  This was at my roommates restaurant she worked at, the night that I found out that Chase bought out WaMu.  This was my consolation dinner, even though I didn't lose my job....yet.   Check this out.

More promotions, I know, I know, I will have to blog for reals another day.  SO, my album is now available through CD Baby, as in the CD itself.  If you want it, get it here.

Yowza, today was a crazy. I worked today, at the bank, and we were nonstop busy all day with a long line and understaff. Nevermind the fact that our manager no longer works for the company, we are in all of it's true essence "understaffed."  SO, I had a fine time, just plugging through my day, counting too many sweaty wads of cash that smelled like pot. By the time I got to my afternoon break, I felt like I was either numb and dizzy from just the amount of people and interactions I had back to back, or just the smell of all the Chronic money was making me high.  I get a call from a customer who tells me first that he's a new customer as of 3 weeks ago.  He then tells me about how much things have changed since we became Chase, like he would know.  And then he presents me (and by presents me I mean raises his voice) with a string of problems that I try and solve of which none of the answers I give him are valid, sufficient, or logical. Most of the solutions I offer him are "Come in to the branch, I can't do that for you over the phone."  He then "presents me" with how I don't understand how valuable his time is, he's really important. He says, "Everything is so ridiculous ever since you've been with Chase.  I wouldn't have to do this if you were still WaMu."  I assure him, "This is actually the same procedure, we haven't really changed anything over yet." "No, it's not, it's because you're Chase, I am smart enough to know that."  I mention to him, "Did you know that your personal account is overdrawn?"  "No it's not." "Yes, sir, it is." "No, it's not."  "Actually sir, we are the bank, and, it is." "No it's not, my business is not overdrawn."  "No, sir, your PERSONAL account is overdrawn." "Oh, well I was talking about my BUSINESS." He wants to talk to my manager.  My manager doesn't work there anymore, we are "sans manager." He asks for my supervisor, I am a supervisor.  He asks for my name, and apparently, I am lying about my name too, because there is NO way that my name is Michal. Oh, I tell him that it's my name.  He proceeds to argue about my name.  He then asks for my last name so that he can report me to my manager, which I don't have. I tell him, and the rest of the conversation is "MICHAL WILSON!! I am going to COME in there TOMORROW and talk to your MANAGER about how this PHONE call has been. MICHAL WILSON!!" "Sir, I can't help you, you need to come into the branch and there's no manager here."  "Tell your MANAGER to call me tomorrow!!!"  "Sir, I can't help you, you are being short with me and I'm gonna hang up the phone now."  Click.  I  shake it off, and my next three customers give me a round of applause.  He comes in a half hour later, and tells the PFR that I need to apologize. I tell the PFR that I have the right to refuse service to anyone,  he raised his voice with me, and he threatened me. He will keep his accounts open if I just apologize for hanging up on him.  That is a customer I don't mind losing.  Turns out he reeks of alcohol.  Cool.  I just hope he's too drunk to remember and too stupid to plan out vengeance.  I think I'm safe. 

Hey friends-

You can buy my album online now!! Go here:

www.digstation.com/michalangela


iTunes: coming soon
CDBaby: coming soon

Here's something cool about Digstation that you should know, the artist gets 100% of the proceeds of the sale!  I like it better than iTunes for that reason and you should too!  If you swear by iTunes, you'll have to wait a little longer.  If you swear by hardcopies and CDs, come to my show or wait for it on CDBaby.  I promise it will be good.

Thanks friends and I hope you enjoy it!

Hosted By: Michalangela
When: Saturday Oct 18, 2008
at 8:00 PM
Where The Cave
636 SW Jackson St
Portland, Oregon|38 97214
United States
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Michalangela

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I always said that I will know that I have made in this world when Oprah says to me, "You go girl!". This will have to do

Holy cow, a year and a half? Yes, that was how long it took.  It's done!  I will have the little copies in my hand in approximately two weeks, September 19th, in Moscow Idaho, when I will be playing a show at Bucers!  The Lord has worked it all out perfectly, and I am so happy to have this done!  I don't have it available online yet, but that is the next step. I will be selling copies at my Bucer's gig for $12 a pop, and I hope that I can see all of my Moscow friends there! If you can't make it to the gig and you live in Moscow and you want a copy, let me know.  I will be there till Monday, and I can get you one.  Cool?  Now I shall send the world way too many event invitations, and I apologize before hand if you get more than one invite.  Cheers!

Again.  My car. Is a victim.  I was heading to work this morning, and noticed my car was unlocked.  Then I noticed the seats were laid back and that some stuff that's normally in the trunk, was in the back seat.  It smelled like cigarettes and alcohol.  Everything was moved around, and nothing was stolen.  Thanks bums. I just don't want to think about what you might have been up to in my car. Does anyone in the Portland area own a steam cleaner I could borrow?  Gross. Oh, and someone bent up my license plate and took off a screw last week, just one screw, so it's been dangling around. People think that just because you have a crappy car, that it's ok to mess it up more?  I am already trying hard to look legit driving this thing, maybe y'all could help me out?  Shoot.